BALDWIN CITY, Kan. (AP) - A nonprofit railroad that provides excursions between Baldwin City and Ottawa won’t be able to provide the trips to Ottawa because of damage caused by recent floods.
The Lawrence Journal-World reports Midland Railway will still offer a 4.5 mile excursion to a site about 4.5 miles south of Baldwin City.
Allen Kinsley, Midland Railway treasurer, said a flash flood on Aug. 22 washed out a quarter mile of track in northern Franklin County about five miles south of the Baldwin City depot and left a nearly 10-foot gully through the line.
A preliminary damage estimate was $50,000 but that was if Midland volutes do the repairs. Kinsley says the repair bill could be as high as $100,000 and the railroad can’t afford that cost.
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Information from: Lawrence (Kan.) Journal-World, https://www.ljworld.com
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